Candlelit Lunch with the Nzamukwerekas.
Today, I had a wonderful improptu lunch with Albert’s parents! His mother and father warmly welcomed me into their home (with the traditional three kisses), introduced me to their cows, and stuffed me to the brim with potatoes, peanut sauce, beans, and cabbage. When I told his father, Bernard, that my grandfather was also named Bernard, I got three more kisses!
Albert warned me that his mother would offer me a very large glass of milk and that it was rude to not finish it. Uh oh… I asked Albert it would be ruder if I ended up puking all over their home. Albert kindly declined his mom’s milk offer for me.
We waved goodbye and promised to return soon. In typical Rwandese style, his parents thanked me for having lunch with them.
